A co-production by ORF, Interspot Film, ARTE, Smithsonian Networks, Into Nature Productions and Boksdocs with ORF-Enterprise

Available worldwide except for Germany, France, the USA and Canada

Languages:
German (ORIGINAL)
, English (DUBBED)

Format: 16:9

Vanishing Kings - Lions of the Namib

Wüstenkönige - Die Löwen der Namib

A lioness and her daughters hold the key to the survival of Namibia's rare desert lions: two years ago they gave birth to five male cubs, and through the hardships of the desert and without a pride male, they are raising them to independence, showing them how to hunt both the smallest and the largest prey - including even giraffes. When the elderly matriarch dies her two daughters must finish the education of the five sons before they grow too big to be fed. Filming over more than two years, we see the secret lives of desert lions as they roam the rugged mountains, majestic sand dunes, gravel plains, scrublands, and even the beaches of the Skeleton Coast.